CRJ Exam 1Questions and Correct
Answers
acquittal - Answer-a court or jury's judgement or verdict of not guilty of the offenses charge
adjudication - Answer-the legal resolution of a dispute by a judge or jury
aggravating circumstances - Answer-elements of a crime that enhance its seriousness
ex: infliction of torture, killing of a police officer
arrest - Answer-the taking into custody or detaining of one who is suspect of committing a crime, to
answer the charges against him or her
conflict theory - Answer-said to exist in societies where the worker class is exploited by the ruling class,
which owns and controls the means of production and thus maintains a constant state of conflict
between the two classes
, consensus theory - Answer-said to exist where a society functions as a results of a group's common
interests and values, which have been developed largely because the people have experienced similar
socialization
conviction - Answer-the legal finding, by a jury or judge, or through a guilty plea, that a criminal
defendant is guilty
crime control model - Answer-a model by Packer that emphasizes law and order and argues that every
effort must be made to suppress crime and to try to convict and incarcerate offenders
criminal justice flow and process - Answer-the horizontal movement of defendants and cases through
the criminal justice process, beginning with the commission of a crime, investigation, arrest, initial
appearance, arraignment, trial, verdict, sentencing, and appeal
determinate sentence - Answer-a specific, fixed period sentence ordered by a court
discretion - Answer-authority to make decisions in enforcing the law based on one's observations and
judgement ("spirit of the law") rather than the letter of the law
due process model - Answer-Packer's view that criminal defendants should be presumed innocent,
courts must protect suspects' rights, and some limits must be placed on police powers
ethics - Answer-a set of rules or values that spell out appropriate human conduct
indeterminate sentence - Answer-a scheme whereby one is sentenced for a flexible time period so as to
be released when rehabilitated or when the opportunity for rehabilitation is presents
ex: 5-10 years
mitigating circumstances - Answer-circumstances that would tend to lesson the severity of the sentence
Answers
acquittal - Answer-a court or jury's judgement or verdict of not guilty of the offenses charge
adjudication - Answer-the legal resolution of a dispute by a judge or jury
aggravating circumstances - Answer-elements of a crime that enhance its seriousness
ex: infliction of torture, killing of a police officer
arrest - Answer-the taking into custody or detaining of one who is suspect of committing a crime, to
answer the charges against him or her
conflict theory - Answer-said to exist in societies where the worker class is exploited by the ruling class,
which owns and controls the means of production and thus maintains a constant state of conflict
between the two classes
, consensus theory - Answer-said to exist where a society functions as a results of a group's common
interests and values, which have been developed largely because the people have experienced similar
socialization
conviction - Answer-the legal finding, by a jury or judge, or through a guilty plea, that a criminal
defendant is guilty
crime control model - Answer-a model by Packer that emphasizes law and order and argues that every
effort must be made to suppress crime and to try to convict and incarcerate offenders
criminal justice flow and process - Answer-the horizontal movement of defendants and cases through
the criminal justice process, beginning with the commission of a crime, investigation, arrest, initial
appearance, arraignment, trial, verdict, sentencing, and appeal
determinate sentence - Answer-a specific, fixed period sentence ordered by a court
discretion - Answer-authority to make decisions in enforcing the law based on one's observations and
judgement ("spirit of the law") rather than the letter of the law
due process model - Answer-Packer's view that criminal defendants should be presumed innocent,
courts must protect suspects' rights, and some limits must be placed on police powers
ethics - Answer-a set of rules or values that spell out appropriate human conduct
indeterminate sentence - Answer-a scheme whereby one is sentenced for a flexible time period so as to
be released when rehabilitated or when the opportunity for rehabilitation is presents
ex: 5-10 years
mitigating circumstances - Answer-circumstances that would tend to lesson the severity of the sentence
